Going to Phoenix

[Bondsaway]

Nothing like a person showing their thanks to you by a thank you like that!!!!

Never been to a Super Bowl, made it to the 79 World Series ( My Pirates Won)

So here's hoping you have a good time but make it even better with a Giants win over the "unstoppable" whatever that other team they are playing!

[11chaos]

That is freaking awesome for you. Make sure you and your son make the Card show there. I believe a few of the card companies will be there handing out stuff.

[11chaos]

Here is the info on the Card show. I added the similes to the players and not Topps.

Topps encourages this year’s NFL Experience attendees to stop by the Topps Booth at the TOPPS SUPER BOWL XLII CARD SHOW (Glendale, AZ) for free sample cards, Pack Wars, prizes and a whole lot of fun.

Topps has also created several commemorative sets that are exclusive to the upcoming Super Bowl card show.

A special 16-card Topps Super Bowl XLII set will be available exclusively through dealer tables at the Topps Super Bowl Card Show. Each card, featuring in an all-new design, will include the Super Bowl XLII logo on the card front and be sequentially numbered to 1000. The checklist includes:

Tom Brady 1 of 16
Brett Favre 2 of 16
Tony Romo 3 of 16
Peyton Manning 4 of 16
Vince Young 5 of 16
Willie Parker 6 of 16
Larry Fitzgerald 7 of 16
Willis McGahee 8 of 16
Frank Gore 9 of 16
Adrian Peterson 10 of 16
LaDainian Tomlinson 11 of 16
Randy Moss 12 of 16
Chad Johnson 13 of 16
Plaxico Burress 14 of 16
Calvin Johnson 15 of 16
Dwayne Bowe 16 of 16


Attendees can also stop by the Topps Booth to redeem 4 special cards that are part of this year’s Super Bowl XLII Wrapper Redemption Program – featuring local favorites Matt Leinart, Larry Fitzgerald, Anquan Boldin and Kurt Warner of the Arizona Cardinals. Opening 3 wrappers of 2007 Topps/Bowman football product at the booth will get you one of these exclusive Super Bowl cards.

And to celebrate Super Bowl XLII, Topps will be offering the 2007 Topps Football Complete Set Super Bowl XLII Edition in a special Super Bowl XLII packaging. This Super Bowl exclusive boxed set will also deliver a bonus 6-card insert featuring this year’s big name rookies (Adrian Peterson, Marshawn Lynch, Ted Ginn, Jr., JaMarcus Russell, Calvin Johnson and Brady Quinn).

Customers purchasing the Topps Complete Set will also be treated to a special 6-card Super Bowl XLII Gift Set. The limited edition set, which is sequentially numbered to 1000, features Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Adrian Peterson, LaDainian Tomlinson, Tony Romo and Randy Moss.

[JFried1029]

11chaos- I went to the NFL experience card show once before when the Super Bowl was in Miami and it was a great show. I will definietly try to go there before the game.

[JFried1029]

Update- Well it's between 6 and 7 hours before game time. I had some drama getting here. (The travel agent in my office did not pay for my stepson's ticket so he had no reservation.

It's colder than normal here, but I am sure much warmer than Green Bay. All of the souvenirs they are selling at the hotel are overpriced naturally ($30 bucks for a t-shirt)

I hope it's a great game. GO BIG BLUE

[OnePimpTiger]

Bet you're one especially happy man now that the G-Men won it! Quite a historic Super Bowl to get free tickets to! Hope you had a great time!

[11chaos]

Well how about that, The Giants won. Congrats, now all the Pats fans can stop there constant chatter of "We are better then everyone else!" chant.

I hope getting home was easier for you and your son.

[JFried1029]

UPDATE: Well the game was incredible as everyone knows by now. I found out that my client paid $3000 per ticket to get me the seats. We were in the last row in the upper deck on the Giants sideline at about the 35 yardline. But there really are no bad seats in the stadium.

Our section was all Giants fans except for two Patriots fans in front of us. The Giants defense played great, but I worried that they were squandering their chances with the mental mistakes (Smith causing the interception, the delay of game penalty, Bradshaw called for batting the football and taking them out of field goal range).

I really started feeling the emotion of the game when the Giants took the lead 10-7. Before their last drive I thought- "It's been a great season even if they lose. No one expected them to be in the Super Bowl with a chance to win it and 2:30 to go. But that's still not enough. They're this close; they need to win it"

I also thought- "Well Eli you want to be in the same category as your brother; here's your chance. You have two and a half minutes to take your team eighty-three yards".

When I saw the Yankees win the World Series in '77 I couldn't stay to celebrate as I had to drive back to college. After the Super Bowl I didn't want to leave.

About the pass to David Tyree- What made that play so great besides the game situation was that it required amazing individual efforts on the part of 2 players (Manning and Tyree).

After the game people were offering to buy the tickets for $20- $30 dollars. As my son said "You can't put a price on history". Mine isn't going anywhere.

[11chaos]

That is freaking awesome